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Role: Junior Graphic Designer / Content Creator 
Level: Junior
Reports to: Creative Lead
Contract type: Full time 
Salary: £28,000 – £34,000 
Start Date: Position available immediately
Location: MG&Co. Studio, Unit 15, 2A Wrentham Avenue, London NW10 5HA

About the Company

What started with our signature Scallop Lampshade has led to a thoughtful collection of unique homewares that offer both personality and purpose. Guiding the process from initial sketches to final product, founder Matilda designs homewares to be truly lived with.

We have ambitious plans for our business in the UK and oversees and are thrilled to be expanding the team with a Junior Graphic Designer / Content Creator role. 

B Corp Certified

When Matilda founded the brand her goal was to create unique and purpose-led products that would stand the test of time. We are proud to now be part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact. 

The Role

Working with our Creative Lead you will play a pivotal role in the visual output of the brand, crafting compelling content that aligns with our brand’s aesthetic and ethos. You will create visually appealing and effective assets for various outputs, including but not limited to: social media, website, catalogues and email.  You’ll manage our content library, conduct market research to stay ahead of trends, and analyse the success of our marketing efforts by tracking key metrics.

It is a great opportunity for someone who is already engaged with the homewares industry, has strong design skills and is on the pulse of the ever-changing social media landscape. A proactive, can-do approach is essential.

The ideal person will…

• Know and love the work and ethos of Matilda Goad & Co.
• Have significant experience in graphic design and content creation
• Have a knowledge and enthusiasm for the ever-changing social media landscape
• Be adaptable, organised, self-motivated and a natural communicator
• Be eager to help the business grow
• Be a team player

Benefits of working at Matilda Goad

• A creative working environment and supportive team culture
• Workplace pension offered through NEST
• 25 day holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
• Birthday day off
• Long service holiday entitlement
• Flexible working hours including WFH one day per week
• Employee discount
• Free access to well stocked kitchen
• Monthly team yoga
• Quarterly team volunteering days

Inclusion statement

We recognise the lack of diversity in interior design, and we particularly encourage applications from candidates from black, Asian, ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds which are particularly underrepresented in our industry.

We are an equal opportunities employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Responsibilities

• Graphic Design: Supporting the Creative Lead in creating high converting marketing content such as emails, social posts and website content.
• Social Media Management: Manage our social media channels to ensure that there is a steady stream of high-quality content being produced and published.
• Content Creation: Create a range of content types for our social media, website and email using your own design, photography, videography, writing and editing skills.
• Community engagement: respond to comments, DM’s and interact with key influential partners accounts.
• Content Library: Manage our content library; organising, storing, and retrieving content as needed to ensure it is easily usable by the whole company.
• Market Research: continually monitoring emerging trends, and competitor activity to inform strategy.
• Analysis: Analyse the success of content, social and community marketing efforts to determine the effectiveness of your work.
• Partnerships: Identify relevant people, brands, businesses and places we could be engaging with.
• Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the internal team to ensure marketing communications plan implemented in line with schedule.
• Events: Support 360 planning around photoshoots and special projects such as Pop ups, collaborations, gifting and local engagement programs.

 The successful candidate will have: 

• An eagerness to become an integral part of the company’s creative engine
• Ability to craft compelling stories and tell them utilising different creative formats
• Be passionate about social media and continuously engaged with the ever-changing landscape
• Great content creation skills and experience using Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Express), Canva or similar creative software.
• Experience in social and CRM scheduling tools.
• A passion for written and visual communication  
• A good communicator able to provide evidence based feedback
• A drive to get a broad insight into the marketing function of a small business 
• 1 years’ experience minimum in a similar role 

Role is not suitable for applicants based outside of UK.

To apply please send cover letter, CV and portfolio to careers@matildagoad.com and use subject line “Junior Graphic Designer / Content Creator”